Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 3:57 p.m.

Soldiers charged in theft of rifle magazines

LEXINGTON, Tenn. — Police in West Tennessee say they have charged five U.S. Army soldiers with stealing nearly 800 ammunition magazines for M4 military rifles from a Tennessee National Guard armory.

The Lexington Police Department said in a news release Thursday that on Feb. 13 the commanding officer of the 251st Military Police Company reported the theft of 798 30-round-capacity magazines. Police said the magazines did not have ammunition in them at the time and said no ammunition was stolen.